Army suicides outnumber all combat deaths 2 years in a row

Army suicides outnumber all combat deaths 2 years in a row
Wounded Times
Kathie Costos
December 18, 2013

Struggling to survive after combat should never be harder than trying to survive during it. When you consider that the military has been "addressing" suicides for over 5 years, it is repulsive to discover that the Army suicides alone outnumber all combat deaths two years in a row. I don't have to add anything to this because the numbers should prove once and for all that what the Army has been doing has not worked.

The US lost 4,486 lives in Iraq. The number of wounded troops in Iraq were 32,223

The US has lost 2,300 lives in Afghanistan but the lives lost because of Afghanistan are even more heartbreaking.

The number of US troops wounded in Afghanistan are 17,674. Soldiers wounded in Afghanistan since 2001 are 12,309 of that total.

US Fatalities in Afghanistan and on the second line, Suicides Army, Army National Guards and Army Reservists

While fatalities in Afghanistan include all branches, the suicide numbers are only from the Army releases.

2012

January 26 KIA
Army 16 suicides, 5 Army National Guards, 1 Reserve

February 16 KIA
Army 11 suicides, 3 Army National Guards, no reported Army Reserve

March 18 KIA
Army 18 Suicides, 7 Army National Guards and 3 Army Reservise

April 35 KIA
Army 14, 5 Army National Guard and 8 Army Reserve

May 40 KIA
Army 16, 2 Army National Guard and 7 Army Reserve

June 29 KIA
Army 11, 10 Army National Guard and 2 Army Reserve

July 41 KIA
Army 26, 9 Army National Guard and 3 Army Reserve

August 39 KIA
Army 16, 5 Army National Guard and 4 Army Reserve

September 19 KIA
Army 15, 13 Army National Guard and 3 Army Reserve

October 18 KIA
Army 20, 9 Army National Guard and 4 Army Reserve

November 16 KIA
Army 12, 12 Army National Guard and 3 Army Reserve

December 13
Army 7, 10 Army National Guard and 5 Army Reserve

Total 310 KIA

For 2012, there have been 182 potential active-duty suicides 96 Army National Guard and 47 Army Reserve. 310 KIA all branches, 325 Army suicides.

2013
January 3 KIA
Army 19, 6 Army National Guard and 8 Army Reserve

February 1 KIA
Army 11, 8 Army National Guard and 5 Army Reserve

March 15 KIA
Army 10, 8 Army National Guard and 4 Army Reserve

April 14 KIA
Army 11, 13 Army National Guard and 3 Army Reserve)

May 22 KIA
Army 12, 8 Army National Guard and 2 Army Reserve

June 17 KIA
Army 14, 4 Army National Guard and 4 Army Reserve

July 13 KIA
Army 19, 6 Army National Guard and 2 Army Reserve

August 11 KIA
Army 12, 5 Army National Guard and 3 Army Reserve

September 10 KIA
Army 9, 4 Army National Guard and 4 Army Reserve

October 9 KIA
Army 10, 11 Army National Guard and 1 Army Reserve

No other releases yet

November 3 KIA


December 7 KIA


125 TOTAL 2013 KIA


As of October, (the last Army suicide release) For CY 2013, there have been 126 potential active-duty suicides, 82 Army National Guard and 43 Army Reserve. 125 all branches KIA 251 Army suicides.

Keep in mind that there are less serving in Afghanistan than in 2012 and there are less serving in the military as a whole from 2012 as well.